Phonograph-record holder.



O. LAROUSSINI. PHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER.

.APPLIUATION FILED NOV.24.1908.

Patented June 29, 909.

Suucnl'or,

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OFFICE.

OLGA LAROUSSINI, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PHONOGRAPH-RECORD HOLDER.

To all 1071 cm it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLGA LARoUssmr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at'New Orleans, in the parish of ()r leans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Holders, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention. relates to a holder for phonographic or graphophonie records of the disk type, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, convenient and efficient construction of holder whereby a large number of recordsmay he compactly supported and readily applied and removed and also prevented from warping or getting out of sha e.

'1 1e invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:--

Figure l is a front view of a cabinet showing the use of holders embodying my invention within the body and upon the body and door of the cabinet, the door appearing in open position. Fig. 2 is a side view on an enlarged scale of the upper portion of the holder. Fig. 3 is across section through a portion of the holder, taken, forexample, on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the compression plate.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, I provide a holder com rising a supporting rod 1 having angulary bent u )per and lower ends 2 having heads or dis 's 3 fixed thereto and properly perforated for the passage of fastenings to secure the rod to it Mounted upon the rod, one above t 1e other, .is a series of semicircular or crescent-shaped brackets 4, each of which is fixed at one end, as at 5, in any suitable manner to the rod, the outer opposite or free ends of all the brackets of the series being connected, stayed and supported by a brace 6. The brackets extend laterally in one direction beyond the longitudinal center of the rod, with their open sides inwardly disposed, and each bracket preferably comprises a semicircular piece of sheet metal having at its outer edge an upturned or hooked retaining lip 7 or equivalent retaining means. Each bracket is adapted to support a phonographic disk supporting plate 8, which is preferably circular in form and composed of sheet metal or other suitable mate-rial, said Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 24, 1908.

, central upwardl Patented June 29, 1909-. Serial No. 464,217.

' disk being )rovided with an eye 9 by which it is pivotally mounted upon the rod to swing toward and from the bracket, the edge of the portion of the disk resting on the bracket being adapted to [it within and to be engaged by the lip 7 to retain the disk in position. The portions of the bracket and disk which are respectively fixed to and ivotally mounted on the rod are preferab y arranged be tween collars 10 on the rod, by which they are respectively supported and mounted for movement in a true path.

The disk 8 is preferably provided with a y extending holding pin or stud 11, and has its upper surface covered with a facing 12 of felt or-soine other suitable soft material, to prevent inarringor scratching of the record resting thereon. The disk is coextensive in diameter with the record 13 which rests upon thesoft facing 12, and which is retained in position thereon by the pin or stud 11, which passes through the usual aperture 14 in the center of the record. It will be understood that one or more records may be mounted upon each bracket in the manner specified, and thatby swinging the supporting plate outwardly from the bracket the records will be conveniently exposed or withdrawn for removal.

In order to hold the records securely in position upon the supporting plates, a compression or weight plate 15 is provided and is preferably in the form shown in Fig. 4, comprising an annular rim and an open or starshaped center, the latter being formed with an opening 16 to receive the pin 11, whereby such compression plate will be held from displacement. The said com ression plate is adapted to be rested upon t e top surface of the phonographic record disk and to hold the same by its weight -ressed a ainst the supporting plate, thus eeping t 0- record flat and preventing it from warping or becoming distorted from climatic changes. At one side of the compression plate is 8 downwardly bent portion 17 carrying an outwardly projecting finger piece 18 by which said plate may be readily applied and easily removed when it is desired to extract a record.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the application of a pair of the supporting devices A and A within the body B and upon the inner side of the door B of a cabinet. The holding deconforms in all are to the foregoing description of vice applied to the door B particu ing rod, a semicircular bracket mounted on the rod, said bracket being provided with a marginal retaining lip, a pivoted record holding plate movable toward and from the construction, but that applied vithin the cabinet is modified to the extent that the rod is provided at its upper and lower ends with eyes 19 slidably engaging rods 20 sebracket and into and out of engagement with cured to the top and bottom walls of the body and extending a sufficient distance said lip, and means upon said plate iorholdfrom front to rear thereof to enable the I inga record thereon. holder to be moved backward to dispose the 4. A record holder comprising a support records within the cabinet and to be moved ing rod, a series of semi-circular brackets oarforward to project the records for ready with ried by the rod, each bracket having mardrawal from the brackets. (When the holder i ginal retaining means, a brace connecting A is moved rearwardly, as described, suflii the series of brackets, pivoted supporting cient space is left at the front of the cabinet plates mounted on the rod for movement for the accommodation of the holder A when toward and from the bracket and engagethe door B is closed.) ment with the retaining means thereof, each From the foregoing description, taken in l of said plates being provided with a record connection with the drawings, the construcengaging pin or stud, and weight or coml l l l tion and mode of use of my improved record pression plates adapted to rest upon the holder will be readily understood, and it will records held by the supporting plates and be seen that the invention provides a simple, having openings to receive the stud. convenient and comparatively inexpensive 5. A record holder embodying a supporttype of holder for supporting a number of ing bracket, a disk holder movable into and disks in position for ready application and out of engagement with the bracket and prowithdrawal, and which is adapted to eilecvided with a retaining pin adapted to pass tually prevent warping or distortion of the i through the o ening in the record, and a records. compression p ate or disk adapted to rest Having thus fully described the invention, l upon the record held by said pin, said plate what is claimed as new isz- 1 having an opening to receive thepin, and a 1. A record holder embodying a support, finger piece whereby it is adapted for-"ata fixed semi-circular bracket mounted upon tachment or removal. the support, said bracket being provided l 6. A record holder comprising a supportwith marginal retaining means, a record l ing rod, a series of semicircular brackets carholding plate pivoted to the support and ried by the rod, each bracket having a marmovable toward and from the bracket and ginal retaining lip, pivoted supporting plates into and out of engagement with said remounted on the rod for movement toward taining means, and means upon said plate and from the brackets and in engagement for holding a record thereon. with the lips, each of said plates having a 2. A record holder embodying a semi-cirrecord engaging stud, and weight or comcular supporting bracket having marginal pression plates adaptel to bear upon the retaining means, a disk holder movable into l records held by the supporting plates and and out of engagement with said bracket and I having openings to receive the studs. retaining means, a record holding pin car- In testimony whereof Iailix my signature ried by the disk holder to pass through the in presence of two witnesses.

o ening in the record, and a compression the record held OLGA LAROUSSINI.

pate adapted to rest upon y said pm, said plate having an opening to Witnesses: receive the pin and a projecting finger piece. W. W. YOUNG,

3. A record holder comprising a support- T. J. DOBBINs. 

